Is there any tea on this spaceship?

Concept picture: Heart of Gold, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Image © Touchstone Pictures IMDB (cropped)

Today’s questions are a random mix, which are neither date-related nor themed.

One

Whose house is scheduled for demolition at the beginning of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?


Two

Established in the year 324, this city was built on the site of an existing one and initially known as New Rome. Three questions:

  1. What was the name of the existing city?
  2. What name very quickly superseded New Rome?
  3. What name is this city known as today?

Three

Starting in the 1970s, an actor who connected Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago dedicated much of his time to bridge. He published books, videos, video games, and a syndicated column all about the card game. Who is this?


Four

Rhea and Tethys are two major moons of a planet in the solar system. Here are three questions:

  1. Which planet are they moons of?
  2. Rhea and Tethys are what in Greek mythology?
  3. Approximately how many moons does this planet have in total, to the nearest ten?

Five

The 2008 film and 2019 musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are both adaptations of a short story. Who wrote it?


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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